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Reply to "Chesil Speedster - my planned winter overhaul of '98 build"

If you think English roads are bad, try the Italian lakes! The roads there are so narrow the locals all buy tiny cars, like Fiat Panda 4x4s and Subaru Sambar as their 'people carrier'.

But you're right, Mitch, speed cameras (or GATSOs) are the bane of our lives here in UK. We even have average speed cameras and changeable speed limits on some motorways, depending on the amount of traffic.

The A406 is the old fashioned London ring road, before the M25 was built, named North Circular and South Circular for obvious reasons. My main claim to fame is that I was knocked off my '86 Yamaha Tenere by none other than Sir Jack Brabham on the M4/A406 Chiswick roundabout back around 2000. I managed to stay upright because I'd anticipated him cutting across me on the 3 lane roundabout. Mashed his front left wing completely. Parked up, and a guy in a tux got out and said (in an Aussie accent) "Sorry mate, didn't see ya, and I'm a biker meself". Luckily neither my tough bike or my ankle (which mashed the car wing) were damaged. Managed to get an autographed photo from him. :-)

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